PUBLIC WORKS. The lighthouse at Port Stephens is fast approaching com pletion, and will probably be brought into use within two months from this time. The cases containing the lighting apparatus have arrived from London in the Cairngorm within the last few days. The light will be a revolviug one, of the catophic ordor. third class, showing alternately a red and white flash. There are twelve strong silver-plated polished reflectors, eacn twenty-four inches in diameter, and ten inches in depth, and a patent lamp with brass burners, for burning vegetable oil. The apparatus was manufactured to order, by Messrs. Wilkins and Co., of Long Acre. The most extensive of the works in progress under the Engineer for Harbours; is the public wharf at Newcastle. That structure is now upwards of eight hundred feet in length, exclusive of the contract for its extension eastward four hundred feet, now being carried on by Mr. Ross. Two further contracts have been taken for the extension of the wharf tw...

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. (From the Herald and Empire.) X.AM11IXG 1'l.AT. Tuesday, 10 p.m., via Vass.— The casualties of Sunda; night's affray are one man killed, and two severely wounded, but doiiic well to-day. Threo troopers wounded, but not badly. Yesterday a 'roll-up' was expected at about four p.m., to liberate the three prisoners ; but on my visiting the camp nbpnt that time, I found it deserted. All the pri soners— rioters and felons— seemed to have been let go on their pnrole. No disturbance took pine*, however, last night. The Court-house was burnt to the ground at about three o'clock this morning. The reported incendiary was a lunatic, who has since acknowledged liiscuilt. The banks are closed, nnd the clerks, with the cash, Hooks, etc., have also vanished. A man named William Luptou was killed by a shot fired from the direction of the Camp. He was buried to-day, a volley being fired over His grave by the diggers. Kour places were threatened, and the proprietor of the Miner, news...

BUJtRANGONG. Wo understand the authorities lately nt Burrnn gong are of opinion that there were not many bonrt fide diggers engaged in the lawless acts of Sunday last, mid that the mob consist d chiefly of persons who have no fixed occupation. It is surmised that very many of tho rioters have been fatally wounded, as they were several times charged with great spirit and determination, and were incessantly llred upon for upwni'ils of twenty minu'es by the foot police. About 1500 diggers quitted the neighbourhood of the scene of action on Sunday evening last and took to the ranges, in order to avoid being compelled to take part in the illegal movement. Had t!i«y re mained, the probability is they would have been forced to join the mob. Two of the troopers en gaged in suppressing tho riot on Sunday wore present at the outbreak which occurred at Ballarat some years ago. They describe the latter affair as nothing in comparison to the former It is stated that the ground between the main c...

POLICE. SATURDAY. (Before H. Scott, Esq., P.M.i A man who retused to give his name, but which ;« wards turned out to be John Black, a seaman beWr* the schooner Mary Ann, was charged with bain.*? * 1 and disorderly at the market wharf. Hi. Sj?1 some doubt whether he should not send biro to the Io?v until Monday for refusing to give his name, but tH altered his mind and 1 pleaSed guHty, which somewK fled the bench, and he was let off with a fine of IOl. Lu hours confinement. ^ w' William Saul, a seaman belonging to the same w«j was charged with resisting and assaulting constable it! and others, on the I9th instant, aud there was » £2; charge against him of being drunk and disorderlT^T public place. Constable Lloyd deposed that he am*, the prisoner last night at the market.wltrf at a druulT disorderly person, and that he ejchMcd great tioW resisted and defied the police. Constable Cook corroW rated this evidence, and stated further tVA lie had done t] he could to induce him to go on- b...

WOLLONGON'G HARBOUR WORKS. We understand that Mr. Gibbons has been ap pointed by tin;' government to superintend the ex penditure of the money voted for the improvement of our port. We were in po.ises.sion of this intclligencs some time back, hut forbore publishing it until cir cumstances should corroborate it so as to render it demonstratively certain. Wo believe that there is now some certainly of the harbour works being com menced immediately. The following letter received last Saturday morning by Mr. fackson of the Walls end Coal Company looks like business :— ' Newcastle.vlth July, 1801. 11 Messrs. Robson and Co., Wnilongoug. — Gentle- men — Your names having boon mentioned to us by the Government Engineer, Mr. Moriarty, wo beg leave to introduce ourselves to you by correspon dence. A vessel is required to carry from this port to Wollongong n quantity of railway material — say about 35 waggons and sundry loose machinery - the property of the government, and it has occurred to u...

CORRESPONDENCE. Tu the Editor tif the Newcastle Chronicle. Sin. — I hope this will ha in time to draw your attention to a case that by chance 1 became acquainted with. Hap pening to be in town on Saturday, I looked into the court house, and there 'hcnnl our police magistrate judging on a charge brought against a seaman of the name of Saul, for resisting nnd assaulting : constable Lloyd, nnd others. II is worship the police magistrate went on with the cast alone, and decided on it ( I do nut say unjustly) by sending the man to jail for one mo.Vji ; but how does it happen that, in the. other two eases within 'the last month— thote of Mr. Ilnllidny and Mr. Winship— where there w.is less violence, and arising out of the manager of n great public work giving a treat to his men, and ofl'eriiiR tu interfere fur the protection of llicm (with all respect to the authorities) should be tumbled into all the annoyance and vrx.ition attendant on a committal to the quarter sessions lor a liko offe...

Thk contested election for the Lower Hunter has been decided in the return of Lieutenant JSiidleir over Mr. Argent by a majority of 189 votes. The electors tufwed oitt to the number of 199, and the proceedings were conducted just as they should be — with an order and decorum that did credit to all concerned — and the point which we have more than once urged has been attained — the people of the district have chosen one of themselves to re present them iu the Parliament of New South Wales. We cannot sec that Mr. Cowpcr's power in the House will be altered by his election one way or the other; and so far the political balance is left nntouched. We have another election, however, to come off on the r-th of August, in consequence of Mr. Blake having been appointed one of the district judges, and it remains to be seen whether the men of West Maitlaud — for with them it lies— will go to Sydney for a member, or choose one of themselves to represent them. They can have no excuse for doing s...

WOLLOMBI. July 15 — The great want of a postal route from Wollombi to Fordwich has induced the inhabitants of the last-mentioned town and its environs to for ward a memorial to the Postmaster General on the subject. It has been numerously signed, and no doubt the boon will be granted by the authorities, as, bv the present postal arrangements, correspond ence to or front the new town recently sold, and now building on, has to pass through Singleton and Mait land, a circuitous route, which, by the route being continued from Fordwich, twenty miles would avert, and save a delay of a week's intermission. I hear of cuses in the district of cattle dying from some cause as yet unexplained. It cann't be for want of pasturage, as that is plentiful ; fat beasts become reduced to nothing, and die by exhaustion. Only a few days since some cuttle were found in this condition. The ploughing in this district continues slowly to progress. The damage caused by the flo d has not yet been overcome, not...

STROUD, PORT STEPHENS. July 15. — The Roads. — During the last three weeks the roads about this neighbourhood have as sumed an entirely different aspect. The holes and ruts arc all filled up, and, in several muddy hollows, neat little bridges of saplings have been plaoed. We must, however, hope for the best, and trust we s lial have good roads by and bye. Alderlcy. — Mr. M'l'herson has opened Ins new house, the hotel being about 32 miles from Stroud. This will prove a great convenience to travellers to and from Stroud. The Weather. — We have had, on the whole, beau tiful wcather'during the last fortnight, with the ex ception uf a few wet days. The nights are frosty, with a vengeance, the frost remaining some mornings till 8 o'clock. — Mercury's Correspondent,

TRAMWAY FROM MUDGEE TO MUSWELL BROOK. A preliminary meeting was culled on Thursday last, and held in the court-house, to consider what steps should be taken to co-operate with the inhabit ants of Mudgee. Dr. Thornton, district coroner, occupied the chair, mid the Rev. W. White, J. II. Cox, Esq., J. Pcanc, Esq., J. Whitford, Esq., Hugh M'Auley, Esq., and Messrs. Brown, Eaton, Ferguson, Docker, and Salter took part in the proceedings. The meeting was of course only preliminary, and cllieflv conversational. All nresent were w.irmlv in. tercsted in the attainment of so desirable an object ; several gentlemen furnished particulars tending to show the insufficient means of transit from Sydney to Mudgee, the want also of communication from that imp l-timt town to the Hunter River, and the almost hopelessness of constructing a railway or tramway on the Sydney and Mudgee line at anything like a Reasonable cost. It was also clearly shown that the line in contem plation would, in connection wi...

MfSWJSLLBROOK. [PRM A CORtlKSPONniiNT.] iy last/bricfly informed you of one of most diablical murders ever recorded in annals of crime, but now I am enabled ive you (more lengthy report of the un mate ocarrence, which has cast a gloom the wblc district, the victim being the of a p»r shepherd named Hicham .Alms, ic empty of.Mr. Hall, on a station called debry. On the morning of the lGth in , Mills and his son,°a young man about 17 yars of age, left the hut to attend lirfloi, and left his wife and two other ren.oie nine and the other four years of and la lilackfollow named Harry, in the i. Previous to leaving the hut, young notided Harry sharpening his toma , ThjJ, blackfellow has been employed r. Hafl as stockman for the last three b,and his engagement was out the day ttte outrage was committed. The cir tancei attending this fearful outrage 'is appaling than the crime of murder it for flhen Mills returned to the hut at , heaaw his wife, whom in the morning I in good health, lying a c...

INCORPORATION OF EAST MAITLAND. On Thursday evening a public meeting ot the in habitants of East Maitland was held in tho Mecha nics' Institute, to consider the advisability of estab lishing a municipality in that town. About one hundred and fifty ov two hundred persons attended. Mr. Davidson took thu chair. The Chairman commenced the proceedings by reading the advertisement, and, after a few observa tions, read the following petition :— To his Excellency Sir John Young, Bart., Governorin Chief of the colony of New South Wales, &amp;c, &amp;c. The petition of tho undersigned inhabitants of, and house holders in, the town of Maitlnnd, respectfully sheweth— That your petitioners being aware of and fully appreciat ing tho benefits derivnble by a community from the Muni cipal Act, are desirous of incorporating themselves as a municipality, to Ue designated tho Maitland Municipality. That the town of Maitland contains two thousand two hundred inhabitants. arv of Xt temporary rese...

ELECTION FOR TUB LOWER HUNTER. The polling fur the Lower Hunter took place on Friday last, and, as far as we can ascertain, was conducted in an orderly manner at the various pol ling places. The returns having been received, the Returning Officer declared the result of the proceedings, at about eight o'clock in the evening, at the Court house, Raymond Terrace, which was densely crowded on the occasion. The result was as follows : — Sadlcir. Arger.t Raymond Terrace ? 207 ? 0f- Seaham ? 48 ? 22 Miller's Forest ? 415 ? '12 Cabbage Tree ... ? 21 ? 1 319 130 thus leaving a majority of 189 for lieutenant Sadlrir, who was accordingly declared elected. Tho anuoncement was received with an outburst of discordant outcries, yells, and cheering, amidst which the newly elected member vainly attempted to obtain a hearing. Mr. ArgHit appealed to his friends to listen to Lieu. Sadlcir; but his appeal was in lurn rendered inaudible by the vociferations of his opponents. After a considerable intervnl...

THE MOTS AT BURKANGONG. The following lottor, which was roooivad yester day by a well-known resident of this city, has boon handed to us for publication, As its au thenticity may bo relied on- wo h&amp;Vo no hesita tion in laying it boforo our readetsV B*rangW. VT1*'. , 1,86'v I write to you to let you know\hat ftnm In good healtn. The samo with your mother, brotiar, AlWy, and family. I f received your welcome letter and tho newfcapcrs, and wm |( very glad to see them. 1 hope that WilliBn will write M I often ns ho can. 1 should have written to you before tin*, p but for such disturbances there hns been here. I expected. | we should, Jinve to lenve. We havo had dreadful wort ^ here. Lmn Sunday night, after dark, tho diggers assenr j bled in thousands to rescue some of the diggers who droye II the Chinamen away a fortnight ago, as you have seen in I the newspapers. Uefore this the diggers marched with* t band playing, to the commissioner's camp, to demand the I prisoners, whom th...

Holloway's Pim.s.— Depression of spirits, debility.— Somo defect in digestion is generally the cause of mental depression; on rectifying the disordered stomach, tho lung list of gloomy thoughts retire, and arc succeeded by more hopeful and happier feelings. Ilollnwny's Pjlls have been renowned far ami wide for effecting this desirable change. They remove all obstructions, regulate all secretions, and correct depraved humours, by purifying the blood and invigorating the stomach. Their medical virtues reach, relieve, and stimulate every organ nnd gland in tho body, whereby tho entire' system is relieved. No medicino over before discovered acts so directly and bonefloially upon the blood and circulation as Hollowny.i, celebrated Pills, which combine the rare tucrilg of efllcient and harmless, ness,

CORONER'S INiUEST. ,n inquest was held tls day (Tuesday) ire the coroner, Dr. Kuggs, 't the VVall iColliury Hotel on \«w of the body of tale child named Willim M'Clarcn, aged year and eight monfis. From the cvi » it appeared tiat, m the 2 1th May last, deceased child Jad incidentally fallen into liler containin; scalling water, and which just been takn off the fire by its mother, usual remedis were immediately applied, assistance \ts obtained, but notwith Jing this, tl child lingered until Mon last, when expired. Dr. Morgan was pinion that eath hud been ])roduced, not inch from tb scalding,, as from the con liional deragement which such injuries Idcausc to ue brain and nervous system, child had ben severely' scalded between ihouldcrs, mil also under the left armpit, imy retimed a verdict of ' died from ncs accidetally received by scalding.'

WALLSEND. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] , this important locality lias lately re I a somewhat general impetus to its iaA progress, a Blight remme may not [and uninteresting to your numerous ffbusyhum of active industry is or. all merceptiblo ; several stores and pullic eS'have been recently erected, wlule «are in course of construction ; so .hat Knraship has every prospect of shfftly iDing something deserving that nmie. the least important of the operation at eDtin progress, is tho sinking of a new Ae property of the Wallsend Coal (om This undertaking will afford aldi ii employment to about 200 men so in addition to affording a market for jjmlus labour of the district, it wil. be Beans of causing the circulation of a I amount of capital in the immdiate bbourhood. le miners of this locality have als- re ly organised a benefit society, whict will fcducted on principles similar tothoso ji have been adopted by the empoyees lie A.A- and Coal and Copper conifinies. I necessity of such instituti...